Long term decisions for a brighter future, or short term jockeying for advantage . Rishi sunak sets out his stall for the coming election. The northern leg of h52 is cancelled. The Prime Minister insists that every penny of the £36 billion intended for that rail link will be spent on other projects. There were a raft of other announcements too, sold like this. Politics doesnt work the way it should. Weve had 30 years of a political system which incentivises the easy decision, not the right one. 30 years of vested interests standing in the way of change. 30 years of rhetorical ambition, which achieves little more than a short term headline. Weve gathered politicians to weigh up whether the reformist pitch is credible for a party already in government. Could it even be an election winner . And speaking of 30 years ago. Things can only get better now ive found you. With so many Big Government schemes especially in education and health reliant on private finance deals, we reveal the soari
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and that israel s actions had no legitimacy. he called on the us and the uk to support a ceasefire. but he also stressed that france clearly condemns what he called the terrorist actions of hamas. he was speaking to our europe editor, katya adler. we have had weeks of aid organisations sounding the alarm about gaza and so you have now said that a humanitarian pauses in fighting are not enough, and there needs to be work towards a ceasefire. are you disappointed that other world leaders are notjoining you in that call, like the us or the uk? no, i hope they will. and let s be clear, i mean, i was one of the first leaders to call the prime minister and president of israel after the terrorist attack on the 7th of october. we clearly condemn this terrorist attack by this terrorist group and recognise the right of israel to protect itself and react. but day one, we say that this reaction, the fight against terrorism, because it is led by a democracy, should be compliant with
on duty, as people from people from across the uk come to the capital. it comes as downing street says the prime minister has full confidence in home secretary suella braverman after growing calls to sack her over an article accusing the police of bias. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young has more. at 11am tomorrow morning, crowds will gather here to mark the end of the first world war. later, in another part of london, tens of thousands will take to the streets, calling for a ceasefire in an ongoing conflict in the middle east. a political row has erupted about the policing of these two events. scotland yard says a huge security operation is under way, far greater and more complex than previous years . we do have intelligence that there will be people coming for a counterprotest, and the police s job this weekend is to keep everybody safe, whether exercising their right to protest, whether coming down to counterprotest, but particularly for those veterans and our really